Waiting for the Sirens' Call
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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
Name = Waiting for the Sirens' Call |
Type = [[Album]] |
Artist = [[New Order]] |
Cover = New Order Waiting for the Sirens Call album cover.jpg |
Released = [[28 March]] [[2005]] |
Recorded = 2003-2004 |
Genre = [[Alternative rock]]<br/>[[Alternative dance]]<br/>[[House music|House]]<br/>[[Synthpop]]<br/>[[Electronica]] |
Length = 59:41 |
Label = [[London Records|London]] |
Producer = New Order, [[John Leckie]], [[Stephen Street]], [[Stuart Price]] |
Reviews =
*''[[The Age]]'' {{rating-5|3.5}} [http://www.theage.com.au/news/Reviews/Waiting-For-the-Sirens-Call/2005/03/31/1111862476051.html [[1 April]] [[2005]]]
*[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:9wc8b594xsqh link]
*[[AndWeDanced.com]] {{rating-5|4.5}} [http://www.andwedanced.com/reviews/sirens.htm link]
*[[BBC]] [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/cd8c/ link]
*''[[The Guardian]]'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,,1440048,00.html [[18 March]] [[2005]]]
*[[IndieLondon]] [http://www.indielondon.co.uk/music/cd_new_order_waiting_sirens_call.html link]
*''[[NME]]'' (6/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/new-order/7645 link]
*[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] (7.9/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20362-waiting-for-the-sirens-call [[30 March]] [[2005]]]
*''[[Release Magazine|Release]]'' (6/10) [http://www.releasemagazine.net/Onrecord/orneworderwftsc.htm [[14 April]] [[2005]]]
*''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/7200960/neworder?pageid=rs.Home&pageregion=triple1 [[5 May]] [[2005]]]
*''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/new_order/reviews/8568 link]
*[[XFM]] [http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=73461 link] |
Last album = ''[[Retro (New Order album)|Retro]]''<br />(2002) |
This album = '''''Waiting for the Sirens' Call''''' <br />(2005) |
Next album = ''[[Singles (New Order album)|Singles]]''<br /> (2005)|}}
'''''Waiting for the Sirens' Call''''' is the title of the 2005 album by [[New Order]]. The album was released on [[28 March]] [[2005]] in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[25 April]] [[2005]] in the [[United States]], and was preceded by the single "[[Krafty]]" in February. Two additional singles from the album have been released: "Jetstream", which features vocals by [[Ana Matronic]] from the [[Scissor Sisters]], and the title track of the album.
It is the first New Order album recorded without [[Gillian Gilbert]] who left the band in 2001 to look after her family. Her replacement, [[Phil Cunningham (rock musician)|Phil Cunningham]], primarily a guitarist, makes his recording and co-writing debut on this LP. He had however been playing live with the band since the ''[[Get Ready (2001 album)|Get Ready]]'' tour of 2001-2002.
This album was the first (and so far, only) New Order album to have a [[title track]]. This matches their current trend of now using song titles which are in the song lyrics, a practise New Order rarely did before their 2001 album ''[[Get Ready (2001 album)|Get Ready]]''. This album is the last recorded music with bass player [[Peter Hook]], with his departure in mid-2007. The remaining members still want to go on with the band's career.
The band used promotional posters for the upcoming album utilising recently developed [[Hypertag]] technology to enable fans to download free content to their [[mobile phones]], including [[ringtones]], [[Computer wallpaper|wallpapers]] or track previews, depending on the user's phone capability. This was one of the first implementations of such technology by the music industry.
The [[Japan]]ese release of this album includes several extra tracks, including a version of "[[Krafty]]" sung in Japanese. This was the first time that lead singer [[Bernard Sumner]] performed in a language other than [[English language|English]] on record. The lyrics were written by Masafumi Gotoh ([[Asian Kung-Fu Generation]]).
The US release of this album includes only one extra track, a remix of "Guilt Is a Useless Emotion".
This album was chosen as one of [[Amazon.com]]'s Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005.
The album track "Guilt Is A Useless Emotion" was nominated as one of six finalists for the Best Dance Recording at the 2006 Grammy Awards.
"Hey Now What You Doing" has been used in an advert for the [[Indesit]] Moon.
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| title1 = Who's Joe?
| length1 = 5:41
| title2 = Hey Now What You Doing
| length2 = 5:16
| title3 = [[Waiting for the Sirens' Call (song)|Waiting for the Sirens' Call]]
| length3 = 5:42
| title4 = [[Krafty]]
| length4 = 4:33
| title5 = I Told You So
| length5 = 6:00
| title6 = Morning Night and Day
| length6 = 5:12
| title7 = Dracula's Castle
| length7 = 5:40
| title8 = [[Jetstream (song)|Jetstream]]
| length8 = 5:23
| title9 = Guilt Is a Useless Emotion
| length9 = 5:39
| title10 = Turn
| length10 = 4:35
| title11 = Working Overtime
| length11 = 3:26
}}
===Bonus tracks===
====In Japan====
*"Krafty" (Japanese version) – 4:33
*"Krafty" (The Glimmers Twelve Inch Extended) – 6:52
*"Krafty" (Phones Reality Remix) – 7:05
====In the US====
*"Guilt Is a Useless Emotion" (Mac Quayle Vocal Mix) – 6:27
=== Singles ===
* "[[Krafty]]" ([[7 March]] [[2005]])
* "[[Jetstream (single)|Jetstream]]" ([[16 May]] [[2005]])
* "[[Waiting for the Sirens' Call (single)|Waiting for the Sirens' Call]]" ([[19 September]] [[2005]])
=== Personnel===
* [[Bernard Sumner]]; Vocals,guitars,synthesizers & programming
* [[Phil Cunningham]]; Synthesizers & programming, guitars
* [[Peter Hook]]; 4 & 6 stringed bass, synthesizers & programming
* [[Stephen Morris]]; Drums, synthesizers & programming
==Charts==
'''Album''' - [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] (North America)
{| class=wikitable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550"
!align="left" valign="top"|Year
!align="left" valign="top"|Chart
!align="left" valign="top"|Position
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2005
|align="left" valign="top"|The Billboard 200
|align="left" valign="top"|46
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2005
|align="left" valign="top"|Top Electronic Albums
|align="left" valign="top"|1
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2005
|align="left" valign="top"|European Top 100 Albums
|align="left" valign="top"|6
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2005
|align="left" valign="top"|Top Internet Albums
|align="left" valign="top"|46
|-
|}
'''Singles''' - Billboard (North America)
{| class=wikitable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550"
!align="left" valign="top"|Year
!align="left" valign="top"|Single
!align="left" valign="top"|Chart
!align="left" valign="top"|Position
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2005
|align="left" valign="top"|"Krafty"
|align="left" valign="top"|Hot Dance Music/Club Play
|align="left" valign="top"|2
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2005
|align="left" valign="top"|"Krafty"
|align="left" valign="top"|Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
|align="left" valign="top"|4
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2005
|align="left" valign="top"|"Krafty"
|align="left" valign="top"|Hot Singles Sales
|align="left" valign="top"|18
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2005
|align="left" valign="top"|"Krafty"
|align="left" valign="top"|European Hot 100 Singles
|align="left" valign="top"|33
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2005
|align="left" valign="top"|"Jetstream"
|align="left" valign="top"|Hot Dance Music/Club Play
|align="left" valign="top"|3
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2005
|align="left" valign="top"|"Jetstream"
|align="left" valign="top"|Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
|align="left" valign="top"|7
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2005
|align="left" valign="top"|"Jetstream"
|align="left" valign="top"|European Hot 100 Singles
|align="left" valign="top"|61
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2005
|align="left" valign="top"|"Guilt Is a Useless Emotion"
|align="left" valign="top"|Hot Dance Music/Club Play
|align="left" valign="top"|3
|-
|}
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